An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old. She could not run quickly， and she could not bite， because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse； she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away.

Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said， “Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years， and I would work for you still， but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old， but remember what good work the old did when they were young.”

一位老婦人養(yǎng)了一只貓。這只貓很老了，它跑不快，也咬不了東西，因?yàn)樗昙o(jì)太大了。一天，老貓發(fā)現(xiàn)一只老鼠，它跳過去抓住了這只老鼠，然而，它咬不住這只老鼠。因此，老鼠從它的嘴邊溜掉了。

于是，老婦人很生氣，因?yàn)槔县垱]有把老鼠咬死。她開始打這只貓，貓說：“不要打你的老仆人。我已經(jīng)為你服務(wù)了很多年，而且還愿意為你效勞，但是，我實(shí)在太老了。對(duì)年紀(jì)大的不要這么無情，要記住他們?cè)谀贻p時(shí)所做過的有益的事情。”